regex alternation problem

[Paul McGuire]

On Apr 17, 5:28 pm, Paul McGuire <pt... at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> -- Paul
>
> Your find pattern includes (and consumes) a leading AND trailing space
> around each word.  In the first string "I am an american", there is a
> leading and trailing space around "am", but the trailing space for
> "am" is the leading space for "an", so " an "- Hide quoted text -
>
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